Périodique
Drastic elevations in mortality among female injection drug users in a Canadian setting
(Elévations drastiques de la mortalité chez des femmes toxicomanes au Canada)
Auteur(s) :
SPITTAL, P. M. ;
HOGG, R. S. ;
LI, K. ;
CRAIB K. J. ;
RECSKY M. ;
JOHNSTON, C. ;
MONTANER, J. S. G. ;
SCHECHTER, M. T. ;
WOOD, E.
Année :
2006
Page(s) :
101-108
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
40
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
CANADA
Thésaurus mots-clés
SEXE FEMININ
;
INJECTION
;
PRODUIT ILLICITE
;
MORTALITE
;
ETUDE PROSPECTIVE
;
COHORTE
;
VIH
;
HEPATITE
;
HABITAT
;
INFECTION
Note générale :
AIDS Care, 2006, 18, (2), 101-108
Résumé :
The health and social conditions of women living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has recently been the focus of substantial international attention. Since few studies have examined rates and correlates of death among addicted women in Canada, we have characterized patterns of mortality among female injection drug users (IDUs) in Vancouver. The Vancouver Injection Drug Users Study (VIDUS) is a prospective open cohort study of IDUs. The analyses presented here, were restricted to women enrolled between May 1996 and May 2002 and who were aged 14 years or older. We estimated cumulative mortality rates using Kaplan-Meier methods and Cox regression was used to calculate univariate and adjusted relative hazards. Between May 1996 and May 2002, 520 female IDUs have been recruited from the Vancouver area among whom 68 died during the study period. Elevated rates of mortality were observed among those who reported, baseline sex-trade involvement, those with HIV-infection at baseline, and those who lived in unstable housing at baseline (all log-rank: p
Affiliation :
Univ. of British Columbia, Canada
Cote :
A02669